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Google Desktop For Linux Released

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In what will hopefully be a long line of applications for the Linux world, Google has released a version of Google Desktop for Linux. While it lacks support for widgets/gadgets, it will index just about everything on your system. OOo docs, man pages, media files, and more.

Good, now I’ll be able to install the PHP documentation and search it rather than having to visit PHP.net every time!

Hopefully we’ll get an update to Picasa in the near future, as well as a Linux version of Google Talk. Yes, I know GTalk is just jabber… it’s the GMail integration that I like most.

Picasa Web Albums (Beta)

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It’s been a hot rumor on the net for the past few weeks, and now it has finally materialized. Google’s Picasa photo management software has opened up, for a limited number of people, Picasa Web Albums.

The service, if you can get in, will allow you to host about 1000 images for free. If you run out of room after that, there is the option to upgrade to 6GB of storage for a yearly fee of $25.00. Kind of makes me wonder if that is a direction that GMail will be headed.

Google Apps May Be Coming To Linux

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An article posted on DesktopLinux.com says that Linux users may finally be getting some of Google’s toys. The article only hints about Google Talk and Picasa, but I’m wondering when we’ll be seeing Google Desktop Search, and other apps ported over.

This also makes me wonder if Google really is creating the rumored Google Linux distribution. After all, it would be kind of silly to release a distro when your tools aren’t available for it.